Updated 29 February 2012
The Assistant Secretary General for Islamic Education, Sayyid Aliraza Naqvi, visited Madagascar between 10 – 17 February 2012, at the invitation of the Regional Council and INISMA (the Bilal Tableegh Centre of Madagascar), under the auspices of Africa Federation. The Centre has been built to offer significant services to the local people in Madagascar in the field of Tableegh.
Sayyid Aliraza then visited the Madrasah of Antananarivo Jamaat, and was impressed to see the wonderful work taking place. He delivered a presentation on The World Federation’s Madrasah Centre of Excellence (MCE) and explained the different areas of work: curriculum development, teachers training, resources, and assessment and evaluation.
The reaction of the Madrasah teachers and management was extremely positive and they expressed their excitement in working with MCE, and have requested that their specific needs of Gujarati and French language be addressed within the MCE plan.
Sayyid Aliraza briefed the Madrasah personnel
Sayyid Aliraza later visited the Madrasah al-Zahra girls Hawza run by Shiekh Zakir Nourmohamed, for local indiginous people, and is funded by INISMA. He also visited the boys Hawza, also funded by INISMA, and which is run by Shiekh Munir. He was particularly pleased to see a very robust Hawza syllabus and system for the secondment of graduates to the country’s interior.
The visit to the Hawza provided Sayyid Aliraza the opportunity of speaking with a number of the Khoja Muballigheen whom he briefed them on the activities of The World Federation’s Islamic Education department. A partnership is being cultivated to begin some initiatives in Tableegh with these Muballigheen.
Sayyid Aliraza with some of the Muballigheen
Sayyid Aliraza discussed a number of projects with Al-Hajj Mohamed Raza bhai Khamis, including: youth summer course for Gujarati / French speakers, publications in French, and support to resident alims.
Sayyid Aliraza commented, “Overall the Regional Council has a very impressive set up in the Indian Ocean Islands. I was honoured to have been invited by them and Africa Federation. With commitment from both sides, I believe some excellent partnership working can be started with the community there.”
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